HaitiRegional Haitian economist takes over as transition president by Barbados Today 08/03/2025 written by Barbados Today 1 min read PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian economist and former central bank chief Fritz Alphonse Jean took over the rotating presidency of Haiti’s transitional presidential council on Friday, taking the top executive role … Continue Reading 08/03/2025 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiLocal News Barbados to provide technical support, not troops to Haiti by Emmanuel Joseph 08/01/2025 by Emmanuel Joseph 08/01/2025 The government has reversed its decision to send troops to Haiti, citing escalating dangers and insufficient strategic planning at the global level, Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Kerrie Symmonds announced. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiRegional Haiti declares one-month state of emergency by Barbados Today 21/12/2024 by Barbados Today 21/12/2024 The Haitian government has declared a one-month state of emergency, effective Sunday, running until January 21, 2024, in response to escalating gang violence and widespread insecurity. Approved by the Council … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiRegional Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops by Barbados Today 24/11/2024 by Barbados Today 24/11/2024 W hen Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons, police stations … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
DeathHaitiRegional Gang attack in Haiti kills 70 people including infants by Barbados Today 07/10/2024 by Barbados Today 07/10/2024 Scores of people including three infants were killed in a gang attack in central Haiti, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a statement on Friday. Members of the … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiRegional UN human rights official says situation in Haiti is bleak by Barbados Today 22/09/2024 by Barbados Today 22/09/2024 The United Nations -designated expert on Human Rights in Haiti, William O’Neill, ended a visit to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country on Friday with a warning that the human … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiLocal News Comissiong: Haitians ‘key to CARICOM economic development’ by Shanna Moore 19/06/2024 by Shanna Moore 19/06/2024 Haiti’s large and youthful population could help unlock solutions to major economic challenges facing the Caribbean region, Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM David Comissiong has contended. Speaking at a CARICOM forum … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiRegional Newly chosen Haitian prime minister discharged from hospital by Barbados Today 10/06/2024 by Barbados Today 10/06/2024 Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital Sunday after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video published on YouTube, Conille … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiRegional Haiti recorded over 60 earthquakes in May by Barbados Today 09/06/2024 by Barbados Today 09/06/2024 Haiti recorded over 60 earthquakes ranging in magnitudes between 1.1 and 3.3 on the Richter scale during May. According to observations made from networks based in Cuba, Jamaica and the … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiRegional Haiti’s new prime minister taken to hospital, official says by Barbados Today 08/06/2024 by Barbados Today 08/06/2024 Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalised late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince, an official told The Associated Press. It wasn’t immediately known why Conille was hospitalised. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail